Ordered a Roon Nucleus Plus

I run Roon core 24/7 on a Mac Mini controlled by an iPad.  I simply deny update requests.  I run Roon bridge on an iMac that I use for my general computer, but that continues to run well despite being updated and running other apps such as Mail, Safari, Quicken, and Numbers.  Still, Nucleus is of interest.

I use an Intel i7 NUC running Roon Rock with both Tidal, Qobuz, and a large NAS drive.  This is connected via my Ethernet network to the Bridge II on my PS Audio Directstream DAC. Works almost perfectly with my iPad Pro.  Only issue is occasionally the iPad Pro Roon software freezes and requires reloading. Maybe one time every few weeks.  No such issues at all with the DAC, NUC, or NAS drive.  Very similar to the Roon Nucleus Plus, without an internal music hard drive, which I could easily add to the NUC at anytime.  Right now I use my Windows Computer to transfer CD’s to my NAS drive.  Total cost of assembly was approximately $450 including tax.  Great investment. Base upon my Roon Rock experience,  I am certain you will really enjoy your Roon Nucleus Plus. 

db[jd.
My current setup is based on a pretty powerful Dell Windows10 Pro, I7 quad core processor, 16 gigs of memory, but with some of the other things running on it (like the HP app to print to our all-in-one), that and other things that are running at the time, causes streaming to pause, sometimes freeze.
Back in the day I used an Autonomic MMS-5A server, no problems delivering either Tidal or my library of hi-res AIFF files.  I still have this server, but the app is somewhat "long in the tooth".

hemondoc,
When I'm done with this transition, I'll have my library on a 4tb USB external disk drive, and be able to use the Dell to purchase tunes from HDTracks.com, record CD's and backup the drive to my Google Drive account.  When not doing all that, I'll have it connected to the Nucleus Plus.

Thank you everyone for your kind consideration and help with this.  I hope to receive the unit later this week, need to be out of town for about a week, after that will make the transition and provide an update.

What would it cost to build a server to compete with the Nucleus +?  It seems like you could build an equivalent server for much less.

Sfseay:

See my my post above regarding hardware costs, Roon operating system software is free.  The Roon program is not.